Jerry Barnard opens the souls and minds of young students.

The legendary music composer, sound engineer and studio owner Jerry Barnard came around to the college to treat the students to a unique lecture on his latest music productions and recording with Sonke……… He expressed how this jazz influenced artist had to have her album re-finalized and her contract due to her wanting to have more of a jazz influence which is not inline with the music corporation agenda. The whole album was recorded at B&S studios, Live with highly experienced session musicians. Jerry gave a detailed microphone and placement list, which is rare and showed the connection he has to his music as an engineer. The blend of both a good engineer and producer allows for both influences to blend seamlessly into a musical masterpiece, which has already gone double platinum and nominated for several SAMA awards. Read more »

SiBot spins some headz – Cape Audio College guest lecture.

SiBot in the house!

Starting with his history as a DJ, producer over the last 10 years.

Simon also spent time to get to know why all the students were attending the college and what are their personal aspirations in the music industry. It was great to see how interested he was in what the student had to say and what they were looking into learning about music production. After discussing the past he went into his future and now producers more as a single artist after trying many time to create “bands” from Max Normal to Play Doe.

He is currently producing music for Die Antwoord and Jack Parow just to name a few of the Read more »

Cape Audio graduate & Red Bull Head engineer returns for guest lecture.

Recently we had the opportunity to bring in one of our past graduates who is doing quite well for themselves. Steve Elswoth (AKA Audiophile 021) popped in for a visit yesterday reveling some of his secrets to our Modern music production course students.  Steve has been busy since he left us over 8 years ago. As Audiophile 021 he has performed all over the country and at most of your favorite festivals. Steve is now head engineer at Red Bull studios in Cape Town, a community development studio that has become a huge support mechanism for our local industry. The Red Bull studios are about community upliftment through music. The main players are Richard Rumney – Studio Manager, Jake Lipman – Studio Communications, Steve Elsworth – Head Read more »

Drum Recording Techniques for the Home Studio – Part 1

In the next three articles I am going to be discussing some techniques to get the best possible drum recordings at home. This can be a difficult prospect in a fully equipped recording studio let alone in your lounge or garage, but there are some useful techniques that can be used to improve your home recordings. One very important thing that is often overlooked is Read more »

Open Day 2012 – 26th of May and counting.

The Cape Audio College open day is here once again. We are opening our doors on the 26th of May to anyone who wishes to join the crew and get a guided tour of our facilities, a chance to chat to our lecturers and a guest talk by Cape Audio graduate, Lindsay Johnson. Lindsay has been hard at work since he left the college over 8 years ago. Lindsay is a sound production manger for Primedia who are responsible for the production work behind KFM, Highveld radio, 702 Talk and Sterkinekor  (official Sony Playstation Distributors in SA). Lindsay will be sharing valuable experience along with insight into how he succeeded in the audio production business. The doors will be opening at 10am and Lindsay will be conducting his talk at 12pm. A Q&A session will be followed by refreshments and the doors will close around 2pm. SO! Be there or Read more »

Sibot Booked as Guest Lecturer – Bonus seats available.

Next week we have a real treat in store for our modern music production course students. Cape Audio College will be hosting a practical workshop with Cape Town based electronic music producer Sibot! Sibot needs no introduction here in Cape Town with a following that has been developed over a number of years from his involvement with some of the countries most beloved electronica, Max Normal, Constructus Corporation, Real Estate Agents and Playdoe have all been big names at home and abroad. Sibot will be doing more than just sharing some of his experiences of the industry with us, he will actually be Read more »

Ernie B St Clair – Cape Audio Graduate Interview

Recently we where visited by one of our old graduates, Ernie B St Clair. Ernie studied here at the Cape Audio College 11 years ago and has enjoyed quite a lot of success as an artist and producer. It seems that Ernie is doing quite well for himself, with a SAMA nomination last year and a tour coming very soon, it’s clear that there are a lot of opportunities out there for talented young artists. We had a few minutes to catch up and have a chat about what Ernie has been up to and where his career has taken him now, 11 years later.  Read more »

Cape Audio CollegeOpen Day 2012